1
as in student
one who attends a school
generally there are 20 pupils in each class
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2
as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
to pupils of the philosopher Henry David Thoreau, the shores of Walden Pond are hallowed ground
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Recent Examples of pupil
Wealthier states such as New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut receive the least federal funding per pupil, often below $2,500.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Illinois has some of the highest spending levels per pupil in the nation.
—Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
Equal care is paid to the teeth and glass pupils in the screaming Abel as to the firs (carved from fruitwood) that clothe the men’s bodies.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Just over 77% of Latino students and 69.9% of Native American pupils graduated on time during the 2023-24 academic year.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Illinois has some of the highest spending levels per pupil in the nation.
—Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
Equal care is paid to the teeth and glass pupils in the screaming Abel as to the firs (carved from fruitwood) that clothe the men’s bodies.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Just over 77% of Latino students and 69.9% of Native American pupils graduated on time during the 2023-24 academic year.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupil
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Besides Oklahoma, rules or bills have been introduced in the legislatures of at least four other states that seek to restrict undocumented children from attending public school for free or require proof of students’ or their parents’ citizenship.—
Gabe Gutierrez,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Barnard declined to discuss the status of the students involved, citing federal law and privacy concerns.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Trump has routinely demanded that his adherents, family or not, state that black is white.—
Jon Allsop,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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But many also cited or were adherents of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2024
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Collaborators on the project include scholars Saidiya Hartman and Christina Sharpe, who are credited on the screenplay.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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The cartoonists Joe Sacco and Chris Ware pop up, as do the comics scholar Hillary Chute and J. Hoberman, who’s a longtime friend and a Times contributor.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Superstar finds Judas grappling and unimpressed with Jesus’ leadership involving his disciples, with a modern twist coming in the form of slang, culture, and more.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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The people of Israel welcome Jesus as king while his disciples anticipate his crowning.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Price’s YouTube channel has since amassed nearly 1.4 million followers, with an additional 1.1 million followers on Instagram.—
Taryn White,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Indian media reported that there was a bomb threat against the aircraft, and Flight Emergency, a flight-tracking account on X with more than 195,000 followers, also wrote that the diversion was due to a bomb threat.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Pupil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupil. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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